I’m a storyteller and my artwork is a vehicle through which my voice can be seen.   As an artist, craftsman and writer, I engage and inform the viewer both visually and intellectually in both medium and process. My personal theories and concerns manifest as musings, stories or philosophical statements, which then take form as visual narratives through my work—often as figurative art or pictorial scenes.  

My clay prints and prints on paper—the most direct interpretations of my narratives—tell stories and share insights. My mythologized philosophy, symbology and stories show up in pictorial format, which allows for the use of compositional geometry to imbed multiple layers of coded information. I make room for the viewer to decipher and interpret the narratives contained in the compositional arrangements of symbols and imagery in the prints. My sculptural works are metaphorical interpretations or personas of musings and concerns, which have come into being through clay.  Like putting a face to an emotion or an idea.

My sculptural works bring my musings, allegories or philosophical ideas into the real world as three-dimensional forms to physically interact with the viewer. Subject matter in a two-dimensional format can be powerful in how it can emotionally move you. But subject matter existing three-dimensionally commands its own space and has a different kind of power. Sculpture has the presence to emotionally and physically move you. The physical engagement of moving around a sculpture to investigate its surface and form creates a unique mode of engagement.  The viewer and the sculpture have an active space between them that needs to be negotiated, navigated and shared.

As a Black Artist, Craftsman and Writer, I strive to engage and inform the viewer both visually and intellectually from my point of view that's filtered through my own personal experiences.  I want to leave something to think about through the dialogue or storytelling occurring between the viewer and me, through my work.  Then hopefully, due to this shared experience, the person will feel a commonality or recognition of the narrative I’m communicating through my art.